Climate averages 1991–2020
Podgorica weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Podgorica: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shkodër (46 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Podgorica, with 48 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Podgorica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 180 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 195 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 189 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 158 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 121 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 67 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 164 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 212 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 286 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 271 | 13.5 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 46 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AugustKosovo · 96 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 124 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Durrës in AugustAlbania · 125 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AugustSerbia · 128 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AugustKosovo · 129 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 132 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AugustKosovo · 140 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Podgorica) is explained once on the Podgorica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.